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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2020, 01:29:25 PM »
This thread is a brilliant idea thanks PB!

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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2020, 05:27:55 PM »
Ok, my recipe for "Jewish Penicillin" - given to me by an elderly Jewish lady who called it that, many years ago.

Brown chicken (any variety or parts) in a pot with a little olive oil. Remove it, temporarily, when it's browned.
Rough chop an onion, put it in the pot and cook it until it has some color.
Add three cloves of crushed garlic, and broth (if you have it, or three big cups of water and a large bouillon cube)
Add a good dash of paprika.
Add add quite a lot of black pepper.
If you have other veg, you can put it in as well (leftover corn, leftover green beans, celery)
Put the chicken back in.
Stir really well to get all the stuff stuck to the bottom of the pot off, to flavor the soup.
Bring it all to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for thirty minutes.
Pull the chicken out, let it cool, then shred it back into the soup.
Add a little oregano or cilantro.
Taste - if you used a bouillon cube you may not need to add much salt, but otherwise, salt it well. You want it to be just slightly salty.
Add a good hand-full of noodles  (American-style egg noodles if you can get them)
Simmer until the noodles are cooked.

Serve. This reheats quite well.


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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2020, 05:37:33 PM »
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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2020, 05:38:47 PM »
Has anybody made chili in a slow cooker and then frozen it? I know it's possible but just want to known if it tastes right after reheating it.

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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2020, 05:46:20 PM »
Has anybody made chili in a slow cooker and then frozen it? I know it's possible but just want to known if it tastes right after reheating it.

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Absolutely. I do it all the time.

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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2020, 05:47:10 PM »
All the time. No change in flavor, slight change in texture (because we use chunks of beef and not hamburger), but not objectionable.


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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2020, 05:49:01 PM »
Absolutely. I do it all the time.

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Do you just make it as you normally would and then, once cooked, bag it and freeze it or do you need to change up the steps?

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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2020, 05:49:41 PM »
All the time. No change in flavor, slight change in texture (because we use chunks of beef and not hamburger), but not objectionable.
We use turkey mince so might be okay, thanks

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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2020, 05:50:52 PM »
Do you just make it as you normally would and then, once cooked, bag it and freeze it or do you need to change up the steps?

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Nope.  The same. 

I bag it up in Lakeland 1 litre soup bags.

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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2020, 05:55:38 PM »
A decent option from my childhood..


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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2020, 06:10:45 PM »
I wish I had flour and yeast, I would try to make bread.  Entertainment and sustenance all in one!


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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2020, 06:22:15 PM »
Nope.  The same. 

I bag it up in Lakeland 1 litre soup bags.

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Thank you!!

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Re: Store-cupboard Dinner Ideas
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2020, 06:23:26 PM »
I wish I had flour and yeast, I would try to make bread.  Entertainment and sustenance all in one!

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